Swansea joins 11 other high streets across Great Britain and Northern Ireland vying for the title of UK champion. Last year Crickhowell snatched the title of the UK's best high street.

When gallery director Jonathan Powell first started working in Swansea's High Street in 2006 it was "a bit like Beirut", he said. A landscape of boarded-up shops and off-licences and "nothing else ...

Swansea High Street will be pedestrianised for two days this July as part of a new arts festival which aims to “change the world – starting with Swansea High Street.”. The four-day ...

Swansea high street has being turned into a 'ghetto', residents claim Credit: Nigel Iskander. 7. Locals say police have failed to clamp down on the resurgent red light district Credit: Nigel Iskander.

M usic from the likes of The Rolling Stones and Beatles has dated well from the 1960s but high-rise blocks of flats generally haven't - and Swansea's Croft Street is no different. But tenants will ...

T here was plenty of excitement and talk of a community cafe when Swansea Council started renovating a row of tired-looking shops at the top of High Street. People in the area and community groups ...

Swansea University has also opened the Oriel Science venue on the corner of Castle Street. The Palace Theatre, on High Street, led by Swansea Council, is being restored and transformed into a shared ...

Funding worth close to £330,000 is providing a boost to high street businesses across Swansea. Businesses in the city centre, Gowerton, Winch Wen and Morriston are among those benefiting from Swansea ...

When gallery director Jonathan Powell first started working in Swansea's High Street in 2006 it was "a bit like Beirut", he said. A landscape of boarded-up shops and off-licences and "nothing else ...

Swansea high street has being turned into a 'ghetto', residents claim Credit: Nigel Iskander. 7. Locals say police have failed to clamp down on the resurgent red light district Credit: Nigel Iskander.